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Object documentationParameter Symbol

 

Symbol of the symbol type Parameter (see Symbol Type: Parameter). The report symbol type Parameter is divided in Customizing into report symbol groups and thereby specified as a placeholder for certain application objects.

 

Symbols of the symbol type Parameter are used in report templates as placeholders for data that does not originate from the specification database. If the value does not exist in the relevant location, the symbol is replaced in the report by a blank value.

Default parameter values are determined for parameter symbols through the assignment of determination function modules based on the report symbol groups (see Default Parameter Value Determination).

In multistage report generation, the symbols of the type Parameter are expanded in the transition from a report body to the final report.

In the standard system, there are also symbols of the type Specification and Descriptor. In multistage report generation, the symbols are expanded here at the transition from the report template to the report body.

Example

Examples of symbols of the type Parameter are:

  • Material master data, such as material key

  • Data for the generation variant, such as the rating

  • Data for the report, such as the date it was created or its version

  • Sales organization data

  • Address data for the report recipient

  • Output of address data on the cover sheet as address block according to the standard address format in the recipient's or sender's country

  • Data for the label creation, such as sequence numbers as bar code or as text

  • Data from other SAP components, such as:

    Industrial Hygiene and Safety

    Waste Management

    Occupational Health

    Sales and Distribution

Symbols of the type Specification are placeholders for specification management data, such as:

  • Specification header data

  • Identifiers

  • Value assignment data, such as:

    Characteristic values

    User-defined texts

    Sources

Note Note

Symbols for the Recipe Management component belong for technical reasons to the symbol type Specification. Symbols of the type Descriptor are placeholders for phrases, such as chapter headings.

End of the note.